Abilify
What Is Abilify?
Abilify is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs or unusual suspiciousness.
Abilify is used to treat mixed or manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness than causes extreme mood swings.
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Accutane
Accutane,Isotretinoin, is used to treat the most severe form of acne ,nodular acne,that cannot be cleared up by any other acne treatments, including antibiotics. Isotretinoin is only for patients who understand and agree to carry out all the instructions because isotretinoin can cause serious side effects.
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Aciphex
Aciphex (rabeprazole) is used for:
1. short-term healing of a gradual breakdown (erosion) or sore (ulceration) in the esophagus which may be caused by the backward flow of gastric acid from the stomach into the esophagus (gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD);
2. maintenance of healing of erosive or ulcerative GERD;
3. treatment of daytime and nighttime heartburn and other symptoms associated with GERD;
4. short-term (up to 4 weeks) healing of an ulcer in the duodenum;
5. elimination of Helicobacter pylori, in combination with amoxicillin and clarithromycin, to reduce the risk of duodenal ulcer recurrence in patients with a current duodenal ulcer or a duodenal ulcer in the past 5 years;
6. medical conditions that result in the body secreting too much acid, including Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Strength(s): 20mg
Dosage Form(s): Delayed-release tablets
Company Name: Eisai Inc.
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Actonel
What is Actonel used for?
Actonel is used to treat Paget’s disease of the bone.
Actonel is also used to prevent and treat:
postmenopausal osteoporosis
glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men and women
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
Strength(s): 5mg, 30mg, & 35 mg
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AcuTect
What is used for?
AcuTect is a radioactive imaging test used to diagnose acute venous thrombosis ,sudden blood clots,in the legs. AcuTect appears to detect acute and not chronic venous thrombosis.
Active Ingredient: Technetium Tc 99m Apcitide Injection
Dosage Form(s): Injection
Strength(s): 20mCi contains approximately 100 µg of bibapcitide radiolabeled with 20 mCi of technetium 99m
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Lipitor
Atorvastatin is an HMG CoA reductase inhibitor. Atorvastatin blocks the production of cholesterol (a type of fat) in the body.
Atorvastatin is used to reduce the amounts of LDL (bad) cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides (another type of fat), and apolipoprotein B (a protein needed to make cholesterol) in your blood. Atorvastatin is also used to increase the level of HDL (good) cholesterol in your blood. These actions are important in reducing the risk of hardening of the arteries, which can lead to heart attacks, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.
How should I take atorvastatin?
Take atorvastatin exactly as directed by your doctor. If you do not understand these directions, ask your pharmacist, nurse, or doctor to explain them to you.
Take each dose with a full glass of water.
Atorvastatin can be taken with or without food.
Atorvastatin is usually taken once a day. Try to take your dose at the same time each day. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Your doctor may want to monitor your liver function with blood tests before starting treatment with atorvastatin, at twelve weeks after both the start of your treatment and any increase in dose, and periodically (every 6 months) thereafter. Depending on the results of these tests, your doctor can determine how much monitoring you will require.
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with atorvastatin. The interaction could lead to potentially dangerous effects. Discuss the use of grapefruit and grapefruit juice with your doctor. Do not increase or decrease the amount of grapefruit products in your diet without first talking to your doctor.
Eat a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet. To realize beneficial effects from atorvastatin, avoid fatty, high-cholesterol foods.
It is important to take atorvastatin regularly to get the most benefit.
Do not stop taking atorvastatin without first talking to your doctor. Atorvastatin may need to be taken on a long-term basis for the treatment of high cholesterol.
Your doctor may want you to have blood tests or other medical evaluations during treatment with atorvastatin to monitor progress and side effects.
Store atorvastatin at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
Lipitor 10 mg--white, elliptical, film-coated tablets
Lipitor 20 mg--white, elliptical, film-coated tablets
Lipitor 40 mg--white, elliptical, film-coated tablets
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Actos
Actos, in addition to diet and exercise, improves blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes). Actos can be used alone or in combination with a sulfonylurea, metformin, or insulin when diet, exercise, and one of these agents or diet, exercise, plus Actos alone are not are not enough to control blood sugar.
Active Ingredient: pioglitazone
Strength(s): 15 mg, 30 mg, and 45 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
Who should not take Actos?
Do not take Actos for Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes) or diabetic ketoacidosis.
If you have heart failure, fluid retention or active liver disease your health care provider will evaluate you to decide if Actos is right for you.
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Duragesic
What is the Fentanyl Transdermal System?
Fentanyl Transdermal System (skin patch) is a prescription medicine that is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it is a strong pain medicine that can be abused by people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs.
The fentanyl skin patch is only for patients with chronic (around the clock) pain that is moderate to severe and expected to last for weeks or longer.
The fentanyl skin patch should not be the first opioid (narcotic) pain medicine that is prescribed for your pain. You should ONLY use the fentanyl skin patch if you have been taking at least 60 milligrams (mg) of oral morphine daily, or at least 30 mg of oral oxycodone daily, or at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily, or an equally strong dose of another opioid for a week or longer before starting the fentanyl skin patch.
The fentanyl skin patch is not for patients who need opioid pain medicines for only a short time. This includes the pain that happens with surgery (such as tonsillectomies), medical, or dental procedures (such as wisdom tooth removal).
The fentanyl skin patch is not for occasional ("as needed") use.
The fentanyl skin patch is only for opioid tolerant children 2 years of age or older who are already using other opioid narcotic pain medicines. Pediatric patients 2 years of age or older are opioid tolerant if they are taking at least 60 milligrams (mg) of oral morphine daily, or at least 30 mg of oral oxycodone daily, or at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily, or an equally strong dose of another opioid for a week or longer before starting the fentanyl skin patch
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Baraclude
Baraclude is a prescription medicine used for chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in adults who also have active liver damage.
Baraclude will not cure HBV.
Baraclude does not stop you from spreading HBV to others by having sex, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood.
Baraclude may lower the amount of HBV in the body.
Baraclude may lower the ability of HBV to multiply and infect new liver cells.
Baraclude may improve the condition of your liver.
It is important to stay under your healthcare professional’s care while taking Baraclude. Your healthcare professional will test the level of the hepatitis B virus in your blood regularly.
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Benicar
Benicar is used to treat high blood pressure in adults. It may be used alone or with other medicines that treat high blood pressure.
Active Ingredient: olmesartan medoxomil
Strength(s): 5 mg, 20 mg, and 40 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
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Boniva
Boniva is used to treat or prevent osteoporosis in women after menopause. Boniva may increase bone mass by slowing loss of bone in most women who take it, even though they won’t be able to see or feel a difference. Boniva may help lower the chances of breaking bones (fractures). For Boniva to treat or prevent osteoporosis, you have to take it as prescribed. Boniva will not work if you stop taking it.
Active Ingredient: ibandronate sodium
Strength(s): 2.5mg, 150mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Bupropion
Bupropion is a medicine that is used to treat depression.
How Do I Take Bupropion?
Bupropion is taken by mouth, with or without food, exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
Swallow tablets whole. Do not chew, crush, or divide bupropion tablets.
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Byetta
Byetta is an injectable medicine used to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Byetta is used with metformin or another type of antidiabetic medicine called sulfonylureas. It may also be used with a combination of metformin and a sulfonylurea. There are many antidiabetic medicines that contain a sulfonylurea. Ask your healthcare professional or pharmacist if you are not sure if your antidiabetic medicine contains a sulfonylurea.
Byetta is not a substitute for insulin in patients whose diabetes requires insulin treatment.
Byetta has not been studied in children.
Who Should Not Use Byetta?
Do not use Byetta if you are allergic to exenatide or any of the other ingredients in Byetta.
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Campral
Campral is used to help patients with alcoholism stay alcohol-free after they have stopped drinking. Treatment with Campral should be part of a program that includes counseling and support. Campral has not shown to help patients who are still drinking at the start of treatment. Campral has not been studied in patients who abuse other substances in addition to alcohol.
Active Ingredient: acamprosate calcium
Strength(s): 333 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Cancidas
Cancidas is used for:
presumed fungal infections in patients who have a fever and neutropenia (low neutrophils in blood)
Candida fungal infections of the blood (candidemia), intra-abdominal abscesses, peritonitis, and pleural space infections. It has not been studied in endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and meningitis due to Candida.
esophageal Candidiasis
possibly fatal fungal infections (invasive aspergillosis) in adults who are unsuccessful with or cannot tolerate standard treatments such as amphotericin B, lipid formulations of amphotericin B, and/or itraconazole. Cancidas was not studied as an initial treatment for invasive aspergillosis.
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Celexa
Citalopram is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Citalopram tablets and oral solution are used to treat depression.
How Do I Take Citalopram?
Citalopram is taken by mouth, with or without food, exactly as prescribed by your healthcare professional.
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Cetrotide
Cetrotide is used to prevent premature ovulation in women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation (fertility treatment).
Active Ingredient: cetrorelix acetate
Strength(s): 0.25mg and 3mg
Dosage Form(s): Injection
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Cialis
Cialis is a prescription medicine taken by mouth for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. ED is a condition where the penis does not harden and expand when a man is sexually excited, or when he cannot keep an erection. Cialis may help a man with ED get and keep an erection when he is sexually excited. Cialis must be used only under a doctor’s care.
Cialis does not:
Who Should Not Take Cialis?
Do not take Cialis if you:
take any medicines called “nitrates”
use recreational drugs called “poppers” like amyl nitrate and butyl nitrate
have been told by your healthcare professional to not have sexual activity because of health problems
cure ED
increase a man’s sexual desire
protect a man or his partner from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Speak to your healthcare professional about ways to guard against sexually transmitted diseases.
serve as a male form of birth control
Cialis is only for men with ED. Cialis is not for women or children. Cialis must be used only under a healthcare professional’s care.
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Darifenacin
Enablex (Darifenacin) is a prescription medicine used in adults to treat the following symptoms due to a condition called overactive bladder:
having a strong need to go to the bathroom right away, also called “urgency”
How Do I Take Enablex?
Take Enablex exactly as prescribed. Your doctor may prescribe the lowest dose if you have certain medical conditions such as liver problems.
You should take Enablex once a day with liquid.
Enablex should be swallowed whole and not chewed, divided or crushed.
Enablex may be taken with or without food.
leaking or wetting accidents, also called “urinary incontinence”
having to go to the bathroom too often, also called “urinary frequency”
Enablex has not been studied in children.
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Definity
Definity is a diagnostic contrast medicine (special dye) that is used during some echocardiograms (ultrasound images of the heart) when the doctor needs to see a clearer picture of the patient’s heart.
Active Ingredient: perflutren lipid microspheres
Dosage Form(s): Intravenous injectable suspension
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Detrol
Detrol is used to treat bladder conditions that cause the feeling of having to urinate immediately, urinate too often, or the inability to control urination.
Active Ingredient: tolterodine tartrate
Strength(s): 1mg , 2mg, 2mg long-acting (LA), and 4mg LA
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
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Duloxetine
Duloxetine,Cymbalta,is in a class of medicines called serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). Cymbalta is used to treat depression.
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Effexor
Effexor is in a class of medicines called serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
Effexor is used to treat depression.
Effexor XR is used to treat:
Depression
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Social anxiety disorder (SAD)
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Elestat
Elestat is an eye drop that is used to prevent itching that happens with eye allergies (allergic conjunctivitis).
Active Ingredient: epinastine hydrochloride
Strength(s): 0.05%
Dosage Form(s): Ophthalamic solution
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Elidel
Elidel is a cream used to treat mild to moderate atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema. It should be used only for a short time. It is not for continuous long-term use.
Elidel should not be the first prescription treatment that you try to treat your atopic dermatitis. Use Elidel only after other prescription treatments did not work or you had too many side effects with other drugs.
Elidel is approved for adults and children 2 years and older with normal immune systems (not weakened or compromised).
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Ellence
Ellence is used together with other chemotherapy drugs to treat breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm following breast cancer surgery.
Active Ingredient: epirubicin
Strength(s): 50 mg/25 ml & 200 mg/100 ml single-use vials
Dosage Form(s): Intravenous injection
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Eloxatin
Eloxatin is a platinum-based anticancer drug. It is the platinum that destroys the cancer cells. The active ingredient in Eloxatin is oxaliplatin.
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Factive
Factive is an antibiotic. It is used to treat adults 18 years or older with bronchitis or pneumonia (lung infections) caused by certain bacteria (germs). Factive does not treat germs called viruses. A virus causes the common cold.
Active Ingredient: gemifloxacin mesylate
Strength(s): 320mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Faslodex
FASLODEX is used to treat hormone receptor positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose disease has spread after treatment with antiestrogens, primarily tamoxifen. Postmenopausal women are women who have gone through the "change of life", and are no longer having menstrual cycles.
Active Ingredient: fulvestrant
Strength(s): 50 mg/ml (available in one 250 mg or two 125 mg pre-filled syringes)
Dosage Form(s): Intramuscular Injection
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Ferrlecit
Ferrlecit is used to treat iron deficiency anemia in patients on chronic hemodialysis who are receiving treatment to stimulate the production of red blood cells.
Active Ingredient: sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose injection
Strength(s): 12.5mg/ml
Dosage Form(s): intravenous injection
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Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Fluoxetine is used to treat Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Bulemia Nervosa, and Panic Disorder
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Fluvoxamine
Fluvoxamine is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Fluvoxamine is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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Gabitril
Gabitril is an anti-epilepsy (seizure) drug. Gabitril is used together with other anti-epilepsy drugs to treat partial seizures in adults and children 12 years and older
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Galantamine
Galantamine,Reminyl, is a medicine used to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
Who Should Not Take Reminyl?
You should NOT take Reminyl if you:
Have severe liver or kidney disease
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Gefitinib
Gefitinib,Iressa, is a medicine used to kill cancer cells (chemotherapy). It is used alone for the continued treatment of patients who are benefiting or have benefited from Iressa. Iressa is approved for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that:
has progressed after treatment with platinum based and docetaxel chemotherapies, or
did not respond to treatment with platinum based or docetaxel chemotherapies.
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Geodon
Geodon is an antipsychotic medicine. Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs, or unusual suspiciousness.
Geodon is used to treat mixed or manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings.
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Gleevec
Gleevec is a new type of cancer drug the first of its kind developed to fight cancer by turning off an enzyme that causes cells to become cancerous and multiply.
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Hectorol
Hectorol is used to lower high parathyroid hormone (iPTH) levels in patients with Stage 5 chronic kidney disease on dialysis
Hectorol capsules are also used to lower high parathyroid hormone in patients with Stage 3 or Stage 4 chronic kidney disease who are not on dialysis.
Active Ingredient: doxercalciferol
Strength(s): 0.5mcg and 2.5 mcg capsules; 2mcg and 4 mcg/ampule
Dosage Form(s): Capsules & Intravenous injection
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Hepsera
Hepsera is an antiviral medicine used to treat adults with chronic infections with active hepatitis B virus who have:
active hepatitis B virus in their blood
high levels of liver enzymes in their blood
liver damage that is seen on a liver biopsy
Active Ingredient: adefovir dipivoxil
Strength(s): 10 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Human Secretin
Human secretin is a man-made hormone that is like the natural secretin made in your small intestine. Human secretin is used to
· help your pancreas release secretions, including bicarbonate, to aid in the diagnosis of a pancreases problem called pancreatic exocrine dysfunction
· help your stomach release a hormone called gastrin to aid in the diagnosis of a tumor in your (gastrinoma) in your pancreas or small intestine
· help your pancreas release secretions to help show certain areas of your intestine during a special x-ray test called an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Active Ingredient: human secretin
Strength(s): 16 Mcg/vial
Dosage Form(s): Injection
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Iloprost
Iloprost,Ventavis, is a prescription medicine for adults with certain kinds of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is used to improve exercise ability and symptoms for a short time. PAH is a condition where blood pressure is too high in the blood vessels between the heart and the lungs such as the pulmonary arteries. Ventavis lowers blood pressure within the pulmonary arteries by opening up the blood vessels in the lungs.
Ventavis has not been studied in children under the age of 18.
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Infasurf
Infasurf is used to prevent the development of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in premature babies considered at high risk for RDS and to treat or "rescue" premature babies with RDS.
Infasurf is an extract of a natural substance (surfactant) necessary for effective breathing. Babies with RDS or at high risk of developing RDS are lacking in this substance.
Active Ingredient: calfactant
Strength(s): 35mg of phospholipid/ml
Dosage Form(s): Intratracheal suspension
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Innohep
Innohep is used together with another drug, warfarin, to treat blood clots that have occurred deep in the veins of hospitalized patients who may or may not have also experienced the occurrence of blood clots in their lungs (pulmonary embolism).
Active Ingredient: tinzaparin sodium
Strength(s): 20,000 IU of anti-Factor Xa per mL
Dosage Form(s): Subcutaneous injection
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Insulin Detemir R
Levemir (insulin detemir [recombinant DNA origin]) is a long-acting insulin used to treat adult patients with diabetes for the control of high blood sugar.
Because Levemir is made by recombinant DNA technology (rDNA) and is chemically different from the insulin made by the human body, it is called an insulin analog.
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Inspra
treat high blood pressure. It can be used either alone or with other medicines for high blood pressure.
help patients who have congestive heart failure after having a heart attack.
Active Ingredient: eplerenone
Strength(s): 25 mg, 50 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Kaletra
Kaletra is always used in combination with other anti-HIV drugs to treat people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Kaletra is for adults and children 6 months and older.
Kaletra does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of Kaletra are not known at this time. You may continue to develop infections and other complications associated with HIV disease.
Kaletra does not reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others through sexual contact or blood contamination. Continue to practice safe sex, and do not use or share dirty needles.
Active Ingredient: lopinavir/ritonavir
Strength(s): 133.3/33.3mg Capsules, 80/20mg/ml Oral Solution and 200/50mg Tablets
Dosage Form(s): Capsules, Oral Solution and Tablets
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Kepivance
Kepivance is a prescription medicine used to reduce the chance of developing painful sores and ulcers in the mouth (severe mucositis) and to shorten the time with severe mucositis in patients with blood cancers who receive high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy before bone marrow transplants.
Kepivance has not been shown to be safe and effective in patients being treated for forms of cancer other than leukemia or lymphoma.
Kepivance has not been studied in children.
It has not been determined if patients age 65 years and over respond to Kepivance differently than younger patients.
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Keppra
Keppra is a medicine to treat partial seizures in adults and children 4 years of age and older with epilepsy. It is taken with other seizure medicines to help control seizures.
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Ketek
Ketek is an antibiotic used to treat adults 18 years of age and older with certain respiratory (lung and sinus) infections caused by certain germs called bacteria. Ketek kills many of the types of
bacteria that can infect the lungs and sinuses, and has been found to treat these infections safely and effectively in clinical trials. Not all respiratory infections are caused by bacteria. For example, common colds are caused by viruses. Ketek, like other antibiotics, does not kill viruses.
Active Ingredient: Telithromycin
Strength(s): 400mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Lantus
Lantus is used to treat adults and children (age 6 and older) with type 1 diabetes or adult patients with type 2 diabetes who require long-acting insulin to control high blood sugar.
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Levitra
Levitra is a medicine taken by mouth for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. ED is a condition where the penis does not harden and expand when a man is sexually excited, or when he cannot keep an erection. Levitra may help a man with ED get and keep an erection when he is sexually excited. Levitra must be used only under a doctor's care.
Levitra does not:
cure ED
increase a man’s sexual desire
protect a man or his partner from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Speak to your healthcare professional about ways to guard against sexually transmitted diseases.
serve as a male form of birth control
Levitra is only for men with ED. Levitra is not for women or children. Levitra must be used only under a healthcare professional’s care.
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Levulan Kerastick
The Levulan Kerastick for Topical Solution plus blue light illumination using BLU-U Blue Light Photodynamic Therapy Illuminator is a two-step (drug plus blue light) treatment used to treat pre-cancerous skin lesions of the face or scalp called actinic keratoses (AK).
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Lexapro
Lexapro is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Lexapro tablets and oral solution are used to treat:
Depression
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
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Macugen
Macugen is used to treat adults with an eye problem called the wet form (neovascular) of age-related macular degeneration. Macular degeneration causes vision loss leading to blindness.
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Maxalt
Maxalt is used for the short term treatment of most types of migraine attacks in adults. Maxalt is not used to prevent migraines, or to decrease the number of migraine attacks. Maxalt has not been shown to treat cluster headaches.
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Micafungin
Micafungin,Mycamine,is a prescription medicine that is injected into the vein. It is used in adults to:
treat a fungus infection in the tube that connects the mouth and stomach (esophagus) called “esophageal candidiasis”.
prevent fungal infections caused by Candida in patients who are undergoing a stem cell transplant.
Mycamine has not been studied to treat other types of fungus infections.
Mycamine has not been studied in children.
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Micardis
Micardis is used to treat high blood pressure. It may be used alone or with other drugs to treat high blood pressure.
Active Ingredient: telmisartan
Strength(s): 20mg, 40mg and 80mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
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Mifeprex
Mifeprex is used to end an early pregnancy. It blocks a hormone needed for your pregnancy to continue. It is not approved for ending later pregnancies. Early pregnancy means it has been 49 days (7 weeks) or less since your last menstrual period began. When you use Mifeprex (Day 1), you also need to take another medicine, misoprostol, 2 days after you take Mifeprex (Day 3), to end your pregnancy. About 5-8 out of 100 women taking Mifeprex will need a surgical procedure to end the pregnancy or to stop too much bleeding.
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Namenda
Namenda is for patients with moderate to severe dementia from Alzheimers diseas.
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Natrecor
Natrecor is used to treat patients with congestive heart failure who have shortness of breath at rest or with a small amount of activity. Natrecor has not been studied in children.
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Nefazodone
Nefazodone is a medicine that is used to treat depression.
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Olanzapine
Olanzapine,Zyprexa,is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. Antipsychotic medicines are approved to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs or unusual suspiciousness.
Zyprexa is approved to treat mixed or manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder.
Zyprexa may also be used with lithium or valproate for short-term treatment of acute manic episodes of bipolar disorder.
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Omacor
Omacor is used along with diet to lower very high triglyceride levels in adult patients. Before taking Omacor, your health care provider should help you try to control your high triglyceride level by:
exercising and losing weight if you are overweight
decreasing alcohol use
controlling medical problems that can cause high triglyceride levels (such as diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism)
stopping or changing medicines that can increase triglyceride levels (such as estrogens, thiazide diuretics, beta blockers)
It is important to follow the diet recommended by your health care provider when taking Omacor. Omacor has not been studied in children less than 18 years of age.
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Orfadin
Orfadin is used to treat hereditary tyrosinemia type 1, a rare pediatric disease causing progressive liver failure and liver cancer in young children. It is used along with a diet restricting the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine.
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Ortho Evra
Ortho Evra is a contraceptive (birth control) skin patch used to prevent pregnancy. It is a combination hormonal contraceptive because it contains two hormones, estrogen and progestin. It does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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Tamiflu
Tamiflu is for treating adults, adolescents, and pediatric patients 1year of age and older with the flu whose flu symptoms started within the last day or two. Tamiflu is also used to reduce the chance of getting the flu in people age 13 and older who have a higher chance of getting the flu because they spend time with someone who has the flu. Tamiflu can also reduce the chance of getting the flu if there is a flu outbreak in the community.
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Pacerone
Pacerone,Amiodarone, is a medicine used to treat adults with life-threatening irregular heartbeats, called ventricular arrhythmias. Because of its serious side effects, it is used only when other treatments have not worked or are not tolerated.
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Palifermin
Palifermin,Kepivance,is a prescription medicine used to reduce the chance of developing painful sores and ulcers in the mouth (severe mucositis) and to shorten the time with severe mucositis in patients with blood cancers who receive high doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy before bone marrow transplants.
Kepivance has not been shown to be safe and effective in patients being treated for forms of cancer other than leukemia or lymphoma.
Kepivance has not been studied in children.
It has not been determined if patients age 65 years and over respond to Kepivance differently than younger patients.
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Panretin Gel
Panretin gel,Alitretinoin, is used to treat skin lesions in patients with AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Panretin gel is applied directly to the skin lesions, and not used when treatment with internal anti-KS treatment is required. Applying Panretin gel does not prevent new KS lesions from appearing on your skin.
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Paxil
Paxil,Paroxetine, is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
Paroxetine tablets and oral suspension are used to treat:
Depression
Panic disorder
Social anxiety disorder (SAD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Paroxetine CR is used to treat:
Depression
Panic disorder
Social anxiety disorder (SAD)
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
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Elidel Cream
Elidel Cream,pimecrolimus,is a cream used to treat mild to moderate atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema. It should be used only for a short time. It is not for continuous long-term use.
Elidel should not be the first prescription treatment that you try to treat your atopic dermatitis. Use Elidel only after other prescription treatments did not work or you had too many side effects with other drugs.
Elidel is approved for adults and children 2 years and older with normal immune systems (not weakened or compromised).
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Seroquel
Seroquel is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia that may include hearing voices, seeing things, or sensing things that are not there, mistaken beliefs or unusual suspiciousness.
Seroquel may be used alone or with lithium or divalproex to treat acute manic episodes in adults who have a condition called Bipolar I disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings.
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Radiogardase
Radiogardase is given to people with known or suspected exposure to radioactive cesium-137 or radioactive or non-radioactive thallium. Radiogardase binds with radioactive cesium-137 or radioactive or non-radioactive thallium to help them pass out of the body faster. Radiogardase does not treat the complications of radiation exposure.
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Rozerem
Rozerem,Ramelteon, is a prescription medicine for adults to treat insomnia where the problem is trouble falling asleep.
Rozerem has not been studied in children. It is not known if Rozerem is safe and effective for children.
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Rapamune
Rapamune,sirolimus, is used together with cyclosporine and a steroid medication to prevent your body from rejecting a kidney transplant.
Active Ingredient: sirolimus
Strength(s): 1mg/mL, 1mg 2mg and 5mg tablets
Dosage Form(s): Oral Solution, Tablet
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Raptiva
Raptiva,Efalizumab, is a medicine used to treat adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis whose psoriasis is appropriate for treatment with whole body (systemic therapy) or phototherapy. Raptiva has not been studied in children under 18 years of age.
Active Ingredient: efalizumab
Strength(s): 125 mg
Dosage Form(s): subcutaneous injection
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Refludan
Refludan is indicated for patients who have had a reaction to heparin that resulted in reduced platelets and associated blood clots, in order to prevent more clotting complications.
Active Ingredient: lepirudin (rDNA)
Strength(s): 50mg/vial
Dosage Form(s): Injection
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Sanctura
Sanctura,Trospium,is used for the treatment of overactive bladder that causes the following symptoms:
sudden need to urinate right away (urgency)
unwanted urine leakage after urgency (urge urinary incontinence)
having to urinate often (urinary frequency)
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Sensipar
Sensipar,Cinacalcet, is used to treat patients:
· with high levels of parathyroid hormone in their blood due to chronic kidney disease that requires dialysis.
· with high levels of calcium in their blood due to cancer of the parathyroid gland.
Active Ingredient: cinacalcet HCl
Strength(s): 30 mg, 60 mg, 90 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Sertraline
Sertralin,Zoloft,is in a class of medicines called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Zoloft is used to treat:
Depression
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Panic disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
Social anxiety disorder (SAD)
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Serzone
Serzone,Nefazodone, is a medicine that is used to treat depression.
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Singulair
Singulair,Montelukast, is taken to prevent and treat asthma. The oral tablets are for asthma patients age 15 years and older, and the chewable tablets are for pediatric patients 2 years of age and older. Do not take Singulair to relieve an asthma attack. It is not a replacement for the quick help that short acting inhalers provide during an asthma attack. It is very important that you continue taking your other asthma medicines unless your health care provider tells you to stop.
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Tacrolimus
Tacrolimus,Protopic, is an ointment used to treat moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema. It should be used only for a short time. It is not for continuous long-term use.
Tacrolimus should not be the first prescription treatment that you try to treat your atopic dermatitis. Use Protopic only after other prescription treatments did not work or you had too many side effects with other drugs.
Protopic is approved for adults and children 2 years and older. Adults can use both strengths of Protopic. Only the 0.03% strength of Protopic is approved for 2 to 15 year olds.
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Tasmar
Tasmar,Tolcapone, is used together with the Parkinson’s medication, carbidopa/levodopa to treat Parkinson’s disease. Tasmar appears to help make the medications work longer.
Active Ingredient: tolcapone
Strength(s): 100mg and 200mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
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Targretin
Targretin,Bexarotene, is used to treat skin problems from a disease called cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or CTCL. Your doctor must supervise the use of Targretin capsules.
Active Ingredient: bexarotene
Strength(s): 75mg
Dosage Form(s): Capsules
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Temodar
Temodar is used to treat a form of brain cancer (anaplastic astrocytoma) in adults whose disease progressed after radiation therapy and chemotherapy with nitrosoureas and procarbazine, drugs commonly used to treat brain cancers.
Temodar, Ttemozolomide, is used to treat adults newly diagnosed with a form of brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme) while also being treated with radiotherapy and then used as a maintenance treatment.
At this time, it is not known whether Temodar will improve symptoms, keep the disease from getting worse, or help patients live longer.
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Uroxatral
Uroxatral,Alfuzosin, is a prescription medicine that is called an “alpha-blocker”. Uroxatral is used in adult men to treat the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Uroxatral may help to relax the muscles in the prostate and the bladder which may lessen the symptoms of BPH and improve urine flow.
Before prescribing Uroxatral, your doctor may examine your prostate gland and do a blood test called a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to check for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer and BPH can cause the same symptoms. Prostate cancer needs a different treatment.
Uroxatral is not for use in women or children.
Some medicines called “alpha-blockers” are used to treat high blood pressure. Uroxatral has not been studied for the treatment of high blood pressure.
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Celecoxib
Celebrex,Celebrex, is used to:
relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis (the arthritis caused by age-related “wear and tear” on bones and joints)
relieve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in adults
manage acute pain in adults (like the short term pain you can get after a dental or surgical operation)
treat painful menstrual cycles
reduce the number of colon and rectum growths (colorectal polyps) in patients with a disease called Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP). FAP is an inherited disease in which the rectum and colon are covered with many polyps. Celebrex is used along with the usual care for FAP patients such as surgery and exams of the rectum and colon.
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Valstar
Valstar is used for treatment of patients with BCG-resistant cancer of the urinary bladder for whom surgical removal of the bladder is not safe. Treatment with Valstar is through drug instillation into the urinary bladder.
Active Ingredient: valrubicin
Strength(s): 40mg/ml
Dosage Form(s): Intravesical Sterile Solution
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Venlafaxine
Venlafaxine,Effexor ,is in a class of medicines called serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).
Effexor is used to treat depression.
Effexor XR is used to treat:
Depression
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Social anxiety disorder (SAD)
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Ventavis
Ventavis is a prescription medicine for adults with certain kinds of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is used to improve exercise ability and symptoms for a short time. PAH is a condition where blood pressure is too high in the blood vessels between the heart and the lungs such as the pulmonary arteries. Ventavis lowers blood pressure within the pulmonary arteries by opening up the blood vessels in the lungs.
Ventavis has not been studied in children under the age of 18
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Vesicare
Vesicare,Solifenacin succinate, is a prescription medicine used in adults to treat the following symptoms due to a condition called overactive bladder:
Having to go to the bathroom too often, also called “urinary frequency”
Having a strong need to go to the bathroom right away, also called “urgency”
Leaking or wetting accidents, also called “urinary incontinence.”
Vesicare has not been studied in children.
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Viagra
Viagra is a prescription medicine taken by mouth for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. ED is a condition where the penis does not harden and expand when a man is sexually excited, or when he cannot keep an erection. Viagra may help a man with ED get and keep an erection when he is sexually excited. Viagra must be used only under a doctor’s care.
Viagra does not:
cure ED
increase a man’s sexual desire
protect a man or his partner from sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Speak to your healthcare professional about ways to guard against sexually transmitted diseases.
serve as a male form of birth control
Viagra is only for men with ED. Viagra is not for women or children. Viagra must be used only under a healthcare professional’s care.
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Welchol
Welchol,Colesevelam, is used alone or with another drug to lower high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the blood when response to diet and non-drug therapy is inadequate. Diet and exercise are very important factors to help control cholesterol.
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Wellbutrin
Wellbutrin,Bupropion ,is a medicine that is used to treat depression.
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Xeloda
Xeloda is used to treat:
cancer of the colon or rectum that has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic colorectal cancer) when fluoropyrimidine therapy alone is preferred. Patients and physicians should note that combination chemotherapy has shown a survival benefit compared to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/oral leucovorin ( LV ) alone. A survival benefit over 5-FU/LV has not been demonstrated with Xeloda monotherapy.
Dukes’ C colon cancer in patients who have had complete removal of the tumor when treatment with fluoropyrimidine therapy alone is preferred. Although neither Xeloda nor combination therapy prolongs overall survival, combination chemotherapy has shown a survival benefit compared to 5-FU/LV alone.
breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and has not responded to treatment with certain other medicines. These medicines include paclitaxel (Taxol) and anthracycline-containing therapy such as Adriamycin and doxorubicin.
Xeloda is changed in the body to the substance 5-fluorouracil. In some patients with colon, rectum or breast cancer, this substance stops cancer cells from growing and decreases the size of the tumor.
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Xenical
Xenical,Orlistat, is used to help obese people who fit certain weight and height requirements lose weight and maintain weight loss. Xenical works in your intestines, where it blocks some of the fat you eat from being absorbed. This undigested fat is then eliminated in your bowel movements. Use Xenical together with a reduced-calorie diet. The weight management effects of Xenical continue only as long as you are taking it.
Active Ingredient: orlistat
Strength(s): 120mg
Dosage Form(s): Capsule
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Xifaxan
Xifaxan,Rifaximin, is a nonsystemic (does not get into your bloodstream) antibiotic used to treat diarrhea caused by eating food or drinking fluids that have been contaminated with germs called bacteria.
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Xopenex
Xopenex,Ievalbuterol, is used to treat or prevent narrowing of the airways (bronchospasm) in patients 6 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease, e.g., asthma.
Active Ingredient: levalbuterol HCl
Strength(s): 0.31mg/3mL, 0.63mg/3mL & 1.25mg/3mL unit dose vials
Dosage Form(s): Inhalation solution
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Yasmin
Yasmin is a birth control pill used to prevent pregnancy. It does not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Active Ingredient: drospirenone 3.0mg and ethinyl estradiol 0.030mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
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Zaditor
Zaditor,Ketotifen fumarate, is used for the temporary prevention of itching of the eye caused by allergies. Zaditor should not be used to treat eye irritations related to contact lenses.
Active Ingredient: ketotifen fumarate
Strength(s): 0.025%
Dosage Form(s): Ophthalmic solution
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Zavesca
Zavesca is used to treat adults with mild to moderate type I Gaucher disease. Zavesca is only used in patients who cannot be treated with enzyme replacement therapy. Zavesca has not been studied in children under 18 years of age.
Type I Gaucher disease is an inherited disease that you get from both your parents. People with Type I Gaucher disease are missing an enzyme that breaks down a chemical in the body called glucosylceramide. Too much glucosylceramide causes liver and spleen enlargement, changes in the blood, and bone disease. Zavesca may stop glucosylceramide from forming.
Active Ingredient: miglustat
Strength(s): 100 mg
Dosage Form(s): Capsule
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Zelnorm
Zelnorm is a medicine used for the short-term treatment of women who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with constipation (hard stools or difficulty passing stools) as their main bowel problem. IBS is a disorder that interferes with the normal functions of the large intestine (colon). Symptoms may include cramps, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and/or diarrhea. The cause of IBS is not known.
Zelnorm works by increasing the movement of stools through the bowels. For those patients who are helped, Zelnorm reduces pain and discomfort in the abdominal area, bloating, and constipation.
Zelnorm is not a cure for IBS and does not work for all women who use it. FDA does not have evidence that Zelnorm is effective in men with IBS.
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Zemplar
Zemplar, Paricalcitol, is used to prevent and treat high parathyroid hormone levels in patients with chronic kidney failure.
Active Ingredient: paricalcitol
Strength(s): 5mcg/ml
Dosage Form(s): Injection
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Zetia
Zetia is a medicine used to lower levels of total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood. It is used for patients who cannot control their cholesterol levels by diet alone. It can be used by itself or with certain other medicines to treat high cholesterol.
You should stay on a cholesterol-lowering diet while taking this medicine. Zetia works by reducing the amount of cholesterol your body absorbs. Zetia does not help you lose weight.
Active Ingredient: ezetimibe
Strength(s): 10 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablet
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Advair Diskus
What Is Serevent?
Serevent is a medicine called a “long-acting beta-agonist” and is a long-acting bronchodilator medicine. Bronchodilator medicines help to relax the muscles around the airways in your lungs. Wheezing happens when the muscles around the airways tighten. This makes it hard to breathe. In severe cases, wheezing can stop your breathing and cause death if not treated right away.
Serevent does NOT relieve sudden breathing problems. Always have a short-acting bronchodilator medicine with you to treat sudden breathing problems.
SEREVENT DISKUS is used for:
Asthma
SEREVENT DISKUS is used long-term, twice-a-day, to control symptoms of asthma and prevent wheezing in adults and children ages 4 and older.
Because SEREVENT DISKUS can increase the chance of death from asthma, it is not for adults and children with asthma who:
are well controlled with other asthma-controller medicines such as low-to-medium doses of inhaled corticosteroids
need only short-acting bronchodilators once in awhile
Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm (EIB)
SEREVENT DISKUS is used for the prevention of wheezing (bronchospasm) caused by exercise in adults and children 4 years of age and older.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
SEREVENT DISKUS is used long-term, twice-a-day in controlling wheezing (bronchospasms) in adults with COPD.
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Adderall
What Is Adderall XR?
Adderall is a central nervous system stimulant (amphetamine). Adderall is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children 6 years of age and older and in adults.
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Agenerase
What is Agenerase used for?
Agenerase is used to treat HIV-1 infection in combination with other anti-HIV medications. Agenerase belongs to the class of anti-HIV medications called protease inhibitors and should only be taken in combination with other anti-HIV medications.
Agenerase is not a cure for HIV infection. You may continue to develop infections and other complications associated with HIV disease. Agenerase has not been shown to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others through sexual contact or blood contamination. The long-term effects of Agenerase are not known at this time.
Brand Name: Agenerase®
Active Ingredient: amprenavir
Strength(s): 50mg & 150mg capsules and 15mg/ml oral solution
Dosage Form(s): Capsules and solution
Company Name: Glaxo Wellcome
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Aggrastat
What is Aggrastat used for?
Aggrastat is used for patients having chest pain that lasts longer than typical angina and that is not controlled by the medicines that are usually effective for angina. Aggrastat prevents blood clots from forming, thereby reducing the number of patients having heart attacks or needing heart surgery.
Brand Name: Aggrastat®
Active Ingredient: tirofiban hydrochloride
Strength(s): 50mcg/ml and 250 mcg/ml
Dosage Form(s): Injection
Company Name: Merck & Co., Inc.
Availability: Prescription only
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Alamast
What is Alamast used for?
Alamast is used to prevent itching of the eye caused by allergies. Alamast should not be used to treat contact lens-related problems. You may notice decreased itching within a few days, but frequently longer treatment (up to four weeks) is necessary.
Brand Name: Alamast®
Active Ingredient: pemirolast potassium
Strength(s): 0.1%
Dosage Form(s): ophthalmic solution
Company Name: Santen, Inc.
Availability: Prescription only
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Alinia
What is Alinia used for?
Alinia is used to treat diarrhea caused by the parasites Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lambia. The suspension is indicated for patients 1 year of age and older. The tablets are indicated for patients 12 years of age and older. Safety and effectiveness of Alinia is not known in patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), patients with immune problems, or children less than 1.
Brand Name: Alinia®
Active Ingredient: nitazoxanide
Strength(s): 100mg/5 ml, 500mg
Dosage Form(s): Oral suspension, Tablets
Company Name: Romark Laboratories, L.C.
Availability: Prescription only
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Alimta
What is Alimta used for?
Alimta is used as a treatment for:
malignant pleural mesothelioma, a type of cancer that affects the inside lining of the chest cavity. Alimta is given with cisplatin, another anti-cancer medicine (chemotherapy).
non-small cell lung cancer. Alimta is given alone after a patient has already tried prior chemotherapy.
Brand Name: Alimta®
Active Ingredient: Pemetrexed
Strength(s): 500mg
Dosage Form(s): Injection
Company Name: Eli Lilly and Company
Availability: Prescription only
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Aloxi
What is Aloxi used for?
Aloxi is used to prevent nausea and vomiting that happens:
right away with certain anti-cancer medicines (chemotherapy).
later after taking certain anti-cancer medicines
Aloxi is not used to treat the nausea and vomiting you may already have. Aloxi has not been studied in children under 18 years of age.
Brand Name: Aloxi®
Active Ingredient: palonosetron
Strength(s): 0.25 mg in 5 mL
Dosage Form(s): Injection
Availability: Prescription only
Company Name: Helsinn Healthcare
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Alrex
What is Alrex used for? Alrex is used for the temporary relief of the itching and redness of the eye caused by seasonal allergies. Alrex should not be used to treat contact lens-related problems.
Brand Name: Alrex®
Active Ingredient: loteprednol etabonate
Strength(s): 0.2%
Dosage Form(s): Ophthalmic suspension
Company Name: Pharmos
Availability: Prescription only
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Amerge
What is Amerge used for?
Amerge is used for the short term treatment of most migraine attacks in adults. Amerge is not used to prevent migraines, or to decrease the number of migraine attacks. Amerge has not been shown to treat cluster headaches.
Brand Name: Amerge®
Active Ingredient: naratriptan hydrochloride
Strength(s): 1 mg and 2.5 mg
Dosage Form(s): Tablets
Company Name: GlaxoSmithKline
Availability: Prescription only
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Amiodarone
What Is Amiodarone?
Amiodarone is a medicine used to treat adults with life-threatening irregular heartbeats, called ventricular arrhythmias. Because of its serious side effects, it is used only when other treatments have not worked or are not tolerated.
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Amnesteem
What Is Isotretinoin?
Isotretinoin is used to treat the most severe form of acne (nodular acne) that cannot be cleared up by any other acne treatments, including antibiotics. Isotretinoin is only for patients who understand and agree to carry out all the instructions in the iPLEDGE program, because isotretinoin can cause serious side effects.
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Amphadase
What is Amphadase used for?
Amphadase is an enzyme that is used:
with certain other injected medicines to help them pass into the body faster
to inject under the skin in a process to replace lost fluids in the body when a person is unable to eat or drink
to help remove contrast dye from the body when given under the skin for a procedure called urography
Brand Name: Amphadase®
Active Ingredient: hyaluronidase injection, USP
Strength(s): 150 USP units
Dosage Form(s): injection - not recommended for IV use
Company Name: Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Availability: Prescription only
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